The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-05
DEATH In TERRIBLE FORM.
Concluded from First Page.1

sisted of the engine, express car, baggage car,
smoklng-car, day coach and two sleeping-cars.
The engine and express car kept on the main
track, but the baggage car was thrown against
the engine of local west bound freight train
which had just pulled in and was standing on
the west-bound main track. The freight engine
was thrown on its side and completely wrecked.
The baggage car. smoking car and day coach i'm
med:ately took fire and were consumed. When
the cars could be searched the charred remains
OF man burned to crisp were found, the only
means of Identification being the letters "U S"
on his cap. An hour later half of the burned
corpse of Mr.. jerks. of Ludlow. was found. The
loss of life would have been much larger if the
sleeping cars had not escaped The unknown
body Is believed to be that of a soldier who was
the train, and who has not been seen since.
The following is list of the injured:
Charles r. Pockard. printer. Of Westfed,
probably fatally injured; Mrs. Jane A. jerks. Of
Troy badly bruised: Mrs. F. NJ. Chandler. of
Troy. severe spraiDs and dsjointed ankle; Mar
II. Smith, of Sprin Of cid. cut about the legs
aud fingers; James B. Childs of Syracuse
bruised and badly cut about the knees: Francis
E. Thompson. of Campbell, Mass, hurt about
the hips: Z. Emiline Dwyer, of Honolulu, badly
bruised and cut; Mary Severino, of Honolulu,
flesh wound on the side of the face; E. A. S.
Whitford, of Providence. badly bruised; Mrs
Whitford, bruised; Lester Worden, of Spring
field, terrible cut on the leg: j. S. Sanders, of
West Springfield. cut on the forehead. and cheek
and shoulder dislocated; Conductor g. A Cha
pin, bruised on the head and face; F. Rawson, of
Mt Hope. Kan, cut on the right leg and ankle
dislocated; Charles Clark. colored of Windsor
Locks, Conn, cut and bruised; Charles Van
Wyck. OF Lockport N Y, teeth knocked out
and scalp torn; P J. O'Reilly, of Ashfield P @ !,
bruised; Dexter Drury, of Framingham, bruised.
Mrs jerks and daughter, and Mrs. Chandler.
of Troy, were on their way to Ludlow with the
body of Mr. jerks, which was burned. The
through and Chicago, and other Western mail
for all New ENGLAND points. five pouches. were
| entirely destroyed. All the Westfeld and Pitts
field mail, and the Albany letter mail, also. was
| destroyed. There were about eighty sacks of
newspaper mail, and all but seven of them were
burned
Larry Connolly. engineer of the "Modoc," says
| they were running about thirty miles an hour
through the village, though, as the train was
| late, it probably running faster. Men who
| wrong as they passed the switch and applied the
| brakes. His engine, with the American Express
| car, broke off and ran along. They grazed the
| freight house and stopped a little beyond. He
| at once went back to the station and telegraphed
| to Springfield.
The only injured person remaining in Mitti-
| neague is Charles S. Packard. He lies in
house near the railroad, and tells this
story of the crash: Il think there
were six persons in the sleeper. I
| felt unsteadiness a little while before the
crash, and gripped the seat, but didn't expect
| any such smash. / saw man and woman in a
seat together toward the front end of the car.
| She had been leaning her head on his shoulder
Across the aisle was another, younger woman
l don't see how they got out of the car and I'm
| afraid they didn't. The roof crashed in us
and got pinched between two seats and dread
| fully crushed. A beam fell on my head. too.
shouted to a negro in the car. and told him to ge
the axes and saws. but he couldn't find them
| Then heard the cry of fire. and knew no NOR,
| until awoke in this house"